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# Senior Researcher - AI Systems - Microsoft Research

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £74,700.0 - £122,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, Databases, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, AI Infrastructure, Data Processing, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/24208828171843E0A4120FBD557F95C2/job/

## About the Role

Required

 * PhD (or equivalent research experience) in Computer Science or a related discipline.
 * Strong research track record in computer systems or a closely related area.
 * Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research and communicate results through publications, prototypes, or other impactful outcomes.
 * Research expertise in one or more of these core systems areas: distributed computing, networking, memory, programming languages, machine learning systems, computer architecture, databases, or related fields.
 * Ability to work effectively across disciplinary boundaries and collaborate with diverse research and engineering teams.

Preferred

 * Research experience spanning multiple layers of the computing stack.
 * Experience working at the intersection of systems and machine learning, systems and programming languages, or systems and hardware.
 * Interest in developing future infrastructure for AI workloads, including reasoning, inference, memory, data processing, agentic systems, and large-scale distributed execution.
 * Experience translating research ideas into deployable systems, tools, or platforms.
 * Strong publication record in leading venues such as SOSP, OSDI, NSDI, SIGCOMM, EuroSys, ASPLOS, FAST, MLSys, PLDI, POPL, ISCA, MICRO, or related conferences.
 * Demonstrated leadership in building collaborations and shaping research agendas.

Research Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across United Kingdom is £ 74,700.00 - £ 122,600.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

## Description

* Conduct original research on the systems foundations of future AI infrastructure and large-scale computing platforms.
 * Design new abstractions, architectures, runtimes, and systems that improve the performance, scalability, efficiency, reliability, and programmability of emerging AI workloads.
 * Build research prototypes and experimental platforms that explore future directions for AI infrastructure.
 * Evaluate ideas through rigorous analysis, large-scale experimentation, and real-world workloads.
 * Collaborate with researchers and engineers across Microsoft Research and product groups to shape long-term research directions and transfer research into practice.
 * Publish high-quality research in top-tier venues.
 * Contribute to an open, collaborative, and multidisciplinary research environment.


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